Oven



C. M BRIDE CVEN Filed Jan. 23, 1922 INVENTOVR, aka/0e May/2%,:

ATTORNEY.

July 10, 1923.

I T aZZ whom it, may concern:

or may act aslan attachment forf'a stove- ,to' be placed over oneofvthe burners. The oven vision of an oven ,whi'chwilkseourely cook Patented July 10, 1923.

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ornzivrn MGBRIDE, or nos' 'ANGELES, CALIEDRNIA,

""QOVENZV n Y v npplication filed January 23,1922. Serial No. 531,184.

,Be it known that I v CIJi-AvInMoBRmn, .a citizen of the United tates, residing at Los Angeles, in the county ofwLos Angeles and State of California, have invented new and usefulImp-rovements in Ovens, of which the following is aspe'cificati-on.v e e E'This invention relates to ovens, and particularly to an oven which may ,be' incorporated within a stove as a built-in feature may be used on any type of stove, suchpas a gas, electric, oil or otherwise; f i

The invention'has for an objectthe proany contents therein evenly and without scorching or burning the same 'It is well, known that the averageoven'in use today' does not cook the contents. withini the sam with any uniformity, certainpar'ts being baked 'or' cooked quite hard or scorched or burntfl'vhile other parts are, hardly cooked at all, and in .theicaseoflcake orbre'adit often happens that the center portion there-e ofispracticallya dough; With my oven,

however, the material within theioven is,

evenly baked. e y In practicing the-invention I provide an oven member :whichcomp-rises, anouter and- 7 an inner'casing spaced from each other, with; the outermost casing provided with annpene ingi adapted to be placed over the burner of a stove. The innercasing is, thoroughlyim:

sulated so-v that when, any material. to-be cooked .or baked is placedtherei'n it is shut," off from the space between the two, casings inaorder that the gases ofcombustion shall not come in contact with the material,,withl in the inner casing. A suitable fluearrangement is provided so that the heated gases may escape from the spacebetweenthecas ings and a suitable door or dampenmemben is gases o-fjcombu'stion,

,With the above named-and other objects. in view, the inventionco'nsists inthe .noivel.

and useful provision, formation, interrelation and generals-arrangement of. parts-, membersand features,z-all as shown 'i-lthe. acco-mpanyingdrawing, describedzin the'following detailed'statement, and finally point,-

edtout'in' claims.

In thedrawmg: Y Figure 1 is a fragmentary V ew, certain parts being in section, of theimproved oven,

provided; to regulate the escape" of said said: oven being placed over a burner of a' stove 1 Figure 2 is a perspective view of the im;

baffle plate securedto the under side of .said';

bottom. z A I Corresponding par-ts in all the figures'are desi nated by the same referencecharacters.

fragmentary cross sectional p Referring'with particularity-to the draw-;-

ing, the improved oven-is. designated in'its' ent1retybyjAQ-and of whichza is the oute-r casing and b the inner-casing Theaouter casing includes side wall members 1,:and-a door member 2, asbackmember 3,, andfitop and base members 4 and 5. A -flangev6: is;

provided at the frontv of the oven} The? door' member'2 engages the flangeiwhen. the door is closed. The bottom 5 of the outer casing. a; isprovided with an enlarged'opening' 'lzand an annular flange member'8is received:

within said opening 7-with the? fiangedpor- 5 tion of'said' annular member engaging the walls ofthe bottom member 5"'surroundings said-opening: -The said annular member "8 is Cut. away as shown at--9 to accommodate a. pipe; 10, which pipe may conductl'fluidto be" burned; the pipe '10, leading to aburner 11; which burner is confinedzwithin the-annular; space of the member 8; The general-f;con-jv struction of the-pipe 1Q not-a-featnrelzqfjf this inventionh The-inner casing 5 comprises b t}, v

1- member 14 and sidewallmember l These? 7 r members 12, 13, Id and 15-. h 1d in tom wallunembers 12 and 18" and a back'jwallj.

relation from the inner surfaceiof thev cas-i ing a, vas by-means Io-f.arms,l16, .whichagare joined tothe respective members comprising i the innercasing and to: the niembersofthe, outer; c'a'sing'f -a, vided on its interior with a plurality of prof jections 17' and grate, members'18 'm'ay-bev I placed onsaid projections so: as-to provide 1 a plurality of spaced shelves upo-nywhich shelves materialrsuch" as that: shown'iatxcf The inner casing isii'p'ro iis held for the purpose of baking the same. The door member 2 carries a plate member 19 which may be considered the front wall of the inner casing Z2 and the said member 19 is held spaced from the door 2 as by means of brackets 20. Thus when the door is closed, as shown in Figures 1 and 3, the plate member 19 will be received between the walls and the topand bottom walls 12 and 13. It will immediately be seen, therefore, that the inner casing is practically closed, so that the heated gases of combustion which encircles the inner space between the casings a and Z) is prevented from contacting with the substance to be baked c. Objection may be raised at this time to the fact that any steam arising from the substance 0 may cause an explosion. However, the fitting between the door and the remaining walls of the casing b is not so tight as to allow this to happen. The steam which is forced from the substance 0 to a certain extent will condense and be reabsorbed by the'substance 0. Thus, in place of having a dry baked substance, we have one in which the original moisture content is to an appreciable extent retained, thus enhancing the relative value of'the food qualities and taste of the substance. This process is somewhat analogous to the well-known method of dehydrating vegetables in which it is necessary to prevent a case-hardening of the substance to be dehydrated, and also to cause whatmay be termed an osmosis in the substance. W'ith this particular form of oven it will be obvious that the heat in the inner space between the casings a and b will heat 7 the inner casing and in turn the substance a will be heated evenly as any gas, such as air, within the casing b, will conduct the heat more orless uniformly.- To insure even heating of the casing b, a conical baiile plate d is provided which is attached inverted to the outer surface of the bottom member 13 of the'casing b. Thisbaflie plate'is adapted to be directly over the burner 11. The baflie plate includes a convex member 21 which is attached to the bottom wall 13, as best shown in Figure 5, and between the member 21 and the wall 13 is an asbestos packing 22. Thus the flame striking the convex member 21 will'be deflected and the heat directed into the interspace between the two casings without an undue heating of the bottom wall 13. A flue member 6 is provided to allow escape of the gases of combustion from the inter-space between the casings, and said flue member includes a U-shaped plate 23 attached tothe inner surface of the top wall 4: of the casing 64 and which U-shaped member is closed at one end, as 24, and open at the other end, as shown at 25. The top 4 is pro-vided with an opening 26 leading to the interior of the flue e, and said opening may be closed by means of a gate or shutter 27.

It will thus be seen that the heat from the burner will pass through the inter-space between the casings and in order to escape must pass through the opening 25 of the flue and then pass through the opening 26, being regulated in its escape by means of the gate or shutter 27. This construction of necessity causes an even distribution of heat about the casing 19. The door 2 is conveniently held in a locked position by means of a hinge bolt 28 which may engage the catch 29 on the flange 6. Quite obviously the door member may be swung downwardly in place of opening at the side, as shown in the figures. The door 2 is hinged as at 30 in the customary manner to the casing a.

It will thus be seen that I have provided an oven which'is simpleof construction and which provides for an even distribution of heat within the casing, which casing is adapted to contain some material to be cooked or baked.

It is obvious that many changes and modifications may be made in departure from the particular disclosure in adapting the invention to varying conditions of use and service, all of said changes being made, however, without departing from the true spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus disclosed my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An oven, including an outer and an inner casing held in spaced relation from each other, and a door member carrying a spaced plate member adapted to close the outer and the inner casings, said door member and plate forming a heat circulating space therebetween; the bottom wall of said outer casing being formed with an opening therein and there being an annular member extending through 'said opening; said annular member being adapted'i'to be placed over a burner ofa stove to confine the flame therein; there being a baffle plate member carried by the bottom wall of the inner casing and extending partly within the annular 'member, and there also being a flue member carried by the top wall of the outer casing for conducting the gases of combustion from the space between the outer and the inner casings; said flue member comprising a U- shaped member closed at one end, and the top member of the outer casing being provided with an opening-in communication with said flue member. 4

2. An oven, including an outer and an inner casing held in spaced relation from each other, and a door member carrying a spaced plate member adapted to close the outer and the inner casings, said door member and plate forming a heat circulating space therebetween; the bottom wall of said outer casing being formed with an opening therein and an annular member extending through said opening; said annular member being adapted to be placed over a burner of a stove to confine the flame therein; there being a baflie plate member carried by the bottom wall of the inner casing and extending partly ber comprising a U-shaped member closed at one end; the top member of the outer casing being formed with an opening in p communication with said flue member, and

a gate member adapted to pass over the opening in the top member of the outer casing to regulate the escape of gasestherethrough.

In testimony whereof, I have Signed my name tothis specification in the presence 2( of two subscribing witnesses.

GLEAVIE MCBRIDE.

Witnesses:

I. SHUTT, J. CALVIN BROWN. 

